Species Nepanthia maculata Gray, 1840
- Nepanthia maculata Gray, J.E. 1840. A synopsis of the genera and species of the Class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). Annals and Magazine of Natural History ns 6: 175-184, 275-290 [287].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1953.4.27.40, Migupou, Philippines. - Chaetaster cylindratus Möbius, K. 1859. Neue Seesterne des Hamburger und Kieler Museums. Hamburg : Nolte & Köhler 14 pp. 4 pls. [3, pl. 1(3-4)].
Type data:
Holotype ZMH 1140, unknown (label with specimen: Westindien, Tollens). - Nepanthia tenuis Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia. An account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 55: 1-596, figs 1-64, pls 1-28 [175, pl. 20(3)].
Type data:
Holotype MCZ 3321, Roe Bank, outside Roebuck Bay, Broome, WA.
Paratype(s) AM J6176 1 specimen, Broome, WA.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Rowe, F.W.E. & Marsh, L.M. 1982. 6. A revision of the asterinid genus Nepanthia Gray, 1840 (Echinodermata: Asteroidea), with the description of three new species. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 16: 89-120 figs 1-6 [106]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Exmouth Gulf, and NW Shelf, WA to Torres Strait, Qld; west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-84 m
IMCRA
Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine, tropical.
General References
Clark, A.M. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1971. Monograph of Shallow-water Indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. London : Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History) 238 pp. 100 figs 31 pls. (also as Nepanthia tenuis H.L. Clark, 1938)
Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (also as Nepanthia tenuis H.L. Clark, 1938)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 15-Sep-2023 | 04-Dec-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |